PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA E CIVILTA` INGLESE Anno Scolastico

PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA E CIVILTA’ INGLESE Anno Scolastico 2014-2015
Classe : I B
Docente : Azzolina Teresa
Da P. Radley – D. Simonetti, New Horizons 2, Oxford
Module 4 : Unit 11, 12,14 ,15 e 16 : II e III conditional – used to / to be used to / to get used to passivo – question tag – wish con simple past – phrasal verbs
Da: C. Medaglia – B. A. Young, Visions and Perspectives I, Loescher
--The Origins – : The Historical and Literary Context : The invasions - The epic poem - Beowulf
: ‘Beowulf and Grendel, The sword
--The Middle Ages: The Normans – Henry II and Thomas Becket – Kings and Magna Carta ––The
wars of the two Roses - The Medieval ballad : Lord Randal – The Legend of Robin Hood (versione
narrative) - The Romance-The medieval narrative poem : G. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The
Knight ; The Prioress ; Chaucer and Boccaccio; Festivities: Patrons , Guy Fawkes Night,
Remembrance Day, Halloween, Festivals in the USA, The English Language.
-- The Renaissance :The Tudors – New Learning ; The Italian and English Renaissance; The
Petrarchan / Elizabethan sonnets – The theatre – C. Marlowe : Doctor Faustus (cenni)
W. Shakespeare :
‘Shall I compare thee’ ,
‘ Romeo and Juliet’, The Balcony Scene
‘The Merchant of Venice’, ‘I am a Jew’ ( visione del film)
‘Much Ado about Nothing’
(visione del film)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
M. Hutchinson : A Dream Comes True (lettura traduzione e sintesi)
(O. Wilde: ‘An Ideal Husband’ : lettura del copione del Palchetto Stage e partecipazione alla
rappresentazione teatrale)
ALUNNI
DOCENTE